Mark Sandman

905 · #1 09-11-2007, 04:05 PM

So I've always wondered...

Did Mark use a fretless, or just the slide?
Also, how did he tune his bass?

Jared Lash · #2 09-11-2007, 04:15 PM

I could be wrong, but I beleive he generally used a two string fretted bass that was tuned in fifths, though I think he used a three string bass on occasion.

905 · #3 09-11-2007, 04:42 PM

Fifths?
Does that mean low D - A for example?
G - D
C - G
etc ?

Mon Rominee · #4 09-11-2007, 04:47 PM

The main bass in question was an old Premier scroll-horn bass with a p coil with one half of said pickup in each original pickup position.

iirc, he put a new nut to slightly widen the space between the two
strings at the nut end. an E and A string, again iirc.

Great player. He is missed.

watspan · #5 09-11-2007, 04:52 PM

In "Treat Her Right" they played "low guitar" which I think was a regular guitar run through an octave effect--that's what I remember from '87 or so when I saw them--dynamite show & band. personally, I never cared for Morphine.

**j-raj** · #6 09-11-2007, 10:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

Great player. He is missed.

+1

nysbob · #7 09-11-2007, 11:25 PM

My band played a street festival with them in the '90s. He was using the 2 string and 3 string through a stock old SVT with a few stomp boxes.

msquared · #8 09-12-2007, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mon Rominee

Great player. He is missed.

Yes, and hell yes.